Not PC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seeing this is my million-day, and this is my blog, here are pics of two of my favourite people, Frank Lloyd Wright and Diana Rigg. And the politics? Today, you'll have to head to other places to keep track of today's continuously changing political events. I'm a blogger, not a journalist. ;^)
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Barry Murphy returns once more trawl the TV and radio guides (so you don't have to) to find anything worth tuning into this week. All listings are for UK terrestrial TV, Freeview and national radio, with the shows running from...
The Arm Chair Blogger (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Bob Crampsey, the Voice and the Authority on Scottish Football has died aged 78, after battling Parkinson’s Disease. Crampsey was one of the most respected commentators and journalists in Scotland. With his death we have lost the one man who was trusted by all sides, the one man who brought balance and perspective to every [...]
Kate Stone (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
It is hot here in Santa Fe. It has been hot for months. Now with the monsoon season upon us it is hot and humid, a combo I don’t tolerate well. I haven’t been blogging much because I keep taking off for higher mountain ranges to the north where the temperature is lower and there is shade [...]
Werner Patels (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
It's hard to believe that the former leather-suited karate girl Emma Peel, a.k.a Dame Diana Rigg, is seventy years old. She was born in Yorkshire (love the place) on July 20, 1938. According to an extensive interview with the Daily Telegraph, it is revealed, for example, that Dame Diana Rigg may be 70 this month but she still drives a Mercedes sports car, smokes 20 a day and swears by a bottle of Merlot...
SEOCentro - SEO News (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Mrs. Peel, you're still needed... and wanted. Diana Rigg , who played the coolly delicious, leather-clad Emma Peel in the playful '60s British spy series " The Avengers ," turned 70 on Sunday. A birthday Search salute exploded: Lookups for the septugenarian surged a staggering 90,086%, landing her leather boots among the day's top 25 terms. That's more searches than Miley Cyrus with her new "Breakout"...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
I usually frown heavily upon newspaper features and obituaries that focus on older people, yet are accompanied by photographs of them when they were considerably younger. (Who are they kidding, anyway') Yet here I am, using a shot of actress Diana Rigg taken during her sensual prime to illustrate a post about her turning 70 years old today. My only excuse is that I always think of Ms. Rigg (born
BLCKDGRD (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Diana Rigg, my favorite ex-lover ever! The private rehearsals for this episode were OMFG! Best show ever.
Chris Well: Learning Curve (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Today is the 70th birthday of British actress Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE , best known for playing Emma Peel in The Avengers and Tracy Bond in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service . In a prolific career on the stage and screen, she has performed roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company, starred in The Great Muppet Caper , and hosted PBS Mystery . Related links: TV Themes: THE...
The Vault of Buncheness (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Thanks to the ever-diligent web-trawling of "Frank Zappa," I'm able to share this marvel of nature with you. I've always dug British chicks, something I can attest to since a childhood crush on Diana Rigg as Emma Peel on THE AVENGERS, and also being turned on by the wholesome beauty of Julie Andrews (who by many accounts was quite a party-gal back in the days), and my fondness for the ladies from across...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Diana Rigg: her story - Telegraph Diana Rigg: her story - Telegraph : "Dame Diana Rigg may be 70 this month but she still drives a Mercedes sports car, smokes 20 a day and swears by a bottle of Merlot before bedtime. The spirit of Emma Peel lives on, finds Nigel Farndale."
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Where now there are superheroes, once there were secret agents. In the '60s, secret agents were the kings (and, occasionally, queens) of popular culture, reigning over both big screen and small.
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Dame Diana Rigg, the theatre actress still best known for her portrayal of Emma Peel (pictured) in the 1960s TV series The Avengers, is 70 this month, but you wouldn't…
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Dame Diana Rigg may be 70 this month but she still drives a Mercedes sports car, smokes 20 a day and swears by a bottle of Merlot before bedtime. The spirit of Emma Peel lives on, finds Nigel Farndale.
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
By David Lambert - All the dramas and desires of late Victorian high society are on display in these vintage adaptations of the writings of Henry James. Romantic tales of love and loss unfold from the... (more)
